{"data":{"id":"us-mt/77-6-201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"77-6-201","heading":"Appraisal of grazing lands.","body":"(1) The department shall appraise the grazing lands owned by the state as to their animal-unit-month carrying capacity and make and preserve records of carrying capacity in its office and from time to time reexamine these lands as to their animal-unit-month carrying capacity in order to keep the records in its office reasonably accurate.\n(2) In appraising these grazing lands, the following factors must be taken into consideration:\n(a) inventory of the forage resources, including kind, amount, and location of vegetation;\n(b) accessibility and usability of this forage resource as influenced by topography, availability of stock water, and season of usability;\n(c) condition of soils, including the erosion situation;\n(d) other and related resources such as timber, game animals, and need for watershed protection;\n(e) record of needed improvements and facilities, including fuel and stock water, revegetation, rodent control, trails, fences, and the like;\n(f) pertinent facts and figures submitted by stockgrowers living in the area and directors of state grazing districts including the land or in its vicinity;\n(g) carrying capacity set for similar land in a state grazing district in which the land is situated.","path":["TITLE 77. STATE LANDS","CHAPTER 6. AGRICULTURAL, GRAZING, AND OTHER SURFACE LEASES","Part 2. Leasing Procedure"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0770/chapter_0060/part_0020/section_0010/0770-0060-0020-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:28Z","sha256":"18f7c93bb1e941d3ddba5fc5ffd47ffb8c8d546cce2ce95dd095ecea1c29c293","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/77-6-116","next":"us-mt/77-6-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}